The following passage was used by Kyodo News to describe the J.League, Japan's men's pro soccer league, in a recent article:

"The J. League has established itself as the top league in the continent, providing the landscape to develop young players, with the best ones playing abroad week after week at the highest level."

If, and only if, the JBL would merge with the bj-league and get total support from the Japan Basketball Association to evolve into a truly legitimate operation, the above statement could be used to describe the bj-league by simply substituting "J.League" for "bj-league."

If only all the powers-that-be had their hearts and brains in the right place, the above could be more than a fantasy.